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What does the Rasmussen model teach us about Site Reliability Engineering?

In the realm of software development and testing, end-to-end (E2E) testing plays a pivotal role in ensuring the robustness and reliability of web applications. Unlike unit or integration testing, which focuses on specific components or integrations between them, end-to-end testing evaluates the entire system as a whole. This includes testing the flow from the user's perspective, from start to finish, and often involves multiple systems and components working in unison.

A leading mobile communications company, based in South Africa, had big plans for its growth in the upcoming months. To ensure customer loyalty as they continued to grow their subscribers, they had to make sure their networks evolved while maintaining performance. That meant the organization’s IT and network teams needed a way to support business goals for growth with their existing capacity.

During the AWS summit in London, Renee Hunt, the CTO of Compare the Market, shared their journey of migrating from EC2 to EKS and the obstacles they faced along the way. As I listened to their story, I couldn't help but think about how Qovery could have greatly streamlined its migration process; here is my take on the subject.

One of the first considerations for FinOps teams trying to lower their public cloud spend is investing in long-term savings vehicles available from their Cloud Service Provider. These programs can provide customers with upwards of 72% savings off on-demand prices, in return for a 1-to-3-year usage commitment, so it’s pretty common that we see them in use by our customers.